The History of the Holy Bible Abridged.

ID 16054
Title The History of the Holy Bible Abridged.
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Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Volumes 1
Pagination 36
Date of Publication 1809
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Imprint From Sidney's Press, New-Haven.
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Location of Printing New Haven US
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Length (cm) 14
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Cover title: History of the Bible. Published by I. Cooke & Co. Church-Street, New-Haven, opposite Butler's tavern, where every article may be found usually wanted in schools and academies.
Includes wood engravings by Alexander Anderson.
"Juvenile publications. At the new brick book-store of Increase Cooke & Co. opposite Butler's Tavern, New-Haven, may at all times be had, an extensive variety of juvenile publications. ... Traders in our country villages would find their account in keeping an assortment of this species of American manufactures always for sale ..."--advertisement, back cover.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870,
Chap. I. Treating of God -- Chap. II. Of the Creation -- III. Of the Garden of Eden -- Chap. IV. Of Adam and Eve in Paradise, their fall and expulsion -- Chap. V. The consequences of the fall -- Chap. VI. Of the flood. The building of the Tower of Babel -- Chap. VII. Birth and call of Abraham. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. Isaac born -- Chap. VIII. Of Joseph and his brethren -- Chap. IX. The oppression of the children of Israel in Egypt, and their deliverance from thence. Pharaoh and his host drowned in the Red Sea. The law published on Mount Sinai -- Chap. X. The story of Baalam and his ass -- Chap. XI. The Israelites pass through Jordan, and take Jericho. The history of Sampson. Saul anointed king. The story of David and Goliath. The reign of David -- Chap. XII. Solomon's wisdom. His judgment between the two harlots. The building and dedication of the temple -- Chap. XIII. Jonah in the whale's body. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego cast into the fiery furnace. Daniel in the lion's den -- Rosamond. By Maria Edgeworth.
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Edgeworth, Maria. The History of the Holy Bible Abridged.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16054, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16054. Accessed 2024-04-25.

Edgeworth, Maria. The History of the Holy Bible Abridged. New Haven: Increase Cooke & Co., 1809.

Edgeworth , M. (1809). The history of the holy bible abridged. New Haven: Increase Cooke & Co.

Edgeworth, Maria. The History of the Holy Bible Abridged. New Haven: Increase Cooke & Co., 1809. 

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